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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-12-29

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'.' ' .- 1 - .. . '. :i..t - ' ," -.. ,.- s . - -.;... ! ..,.. .(.!, ': I I ' . . . ' t t I ,:1 " J-'J . v.i .'. "J VOL IV, 59 MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 29, 1857. NO. 7. vj l i it lie r iL N ra ie i i i HSCTaal-JL- MMaiSSaliMMtssWMSSBlMMSiMMMiaMIM 1 Written for tho Republican. THE SILENT 1IAIIP. Why art thou illant, harp T W'henoe hai thy muilo flown, Art wearied wlih tho notes of Joy, , That thou hast silent grown t Boo ths ear thou once could'it twoetly charm, Turn coldly from thy roioa f Does the heart that thrilt'd htiuath thy fomtr, In thy tilonoa now rejoice ? ' Oh t tell mo harp, why lilcnccd thus, Tby iwoot and magic tonea T Thy chordrunbrokon 'still remain, Thy power whenoe haa it down t Come, gontle harp, t long for tboe, To charm my wearied heart unct mrft) -Some magio strain, some plaintive lay, So woUbolorod in iayenf yurt: Woaried and sod I wait for thoe ; To sooth my soddonod soul again t 'Twill bring those bright dreams back to me, To bear some well remembered strain, Still silent f must I plead in vain, Tho boon to mo onoo froely given T Thou canst not know tho anguished pain, With which my tortured soul is rivon. . : Dead I Tho hands that fondly onoe carrosscd, And won from thoo thy sweotest tones ; Lio clasped upon tho pulseloss broait; . 'Tis thtrt thy power then has flown. Silent in death the birdlike voice, That breathed its sweotest tones to mo; Too well I know thou silont harp, Why I have prayed in vain to thee. Bcnonlk tho tomb of mortal hand, Again I would not haro the speak; Thou'rt lacrctl for thou sharost now, With my worn heart its silent griof; No moro tho tones of harps or lute, Can mako my saddened heart rojoiee, Like theo poor silont harp, my soul Cau answer wity tothat voice. lie wept, with bowed and knoeling form, While a halo of elTulgont light ; Encircle his brow with a lining eretcn, Rovcaling the form of his angel wife; From tho WMCtvt chortle of the silM harp, Swell'd up a m.nlltn hoavonly lay; And the spirit frcod, took its upwajd flight; At thettruinsnfilu anthem mre dying aicay, "C." Sectioual Construction of the House Committee. Correspondence of the North American. Washington, Dec. 14. Tho Speaker announced the Committees this morning, and ihoy genepally fulfill the foreshadowed opinions or tbo.se familiar with the direction or political affairs. At tho last moment it was determined to substitute Mr. Clancy Jones for Mr. Phelps of Missouri, as Chairman of - tho Ways and Means. The Pennsylvania delegation insisted upon having its numerical superiority represented, and perhaps an intimation was conveyed from another quarter, -which was even more potential and produced the desired effect. Considering tho material in the House, tho Committees are fair in the main, but one cannot but bo struck with the undue preponderance which is givon to the South over tho North in the distribution. Twelve Chairmanships are assigned to the (ilavoholding States and six to tho free. This disproportion of two to ono in favor of the minority section, is not easily explained by any recognized principle of fair apportionment In the last Congress Mr. Banks was assailed for illiberality by tho vory men who now extol these appointments. Yet ho selected two Chairmen from the opposition Mr. Quitman and Mr Aiken and gave only a bare ascendoncy to his own friends in tho arrangements of nearly all the important Committees. This sort of becoming consideration has not been reciprocated at all, and a monopoly of tho honors is confined to tnose who claim them upon strictly party grounds. Hereafter should the political power of the House pass into other bands, a precedent will be found to justify the most rigid exclusion of tho minority from anything more than their absolute rights. Douglas Demolition of Green of IMIftSOIII'l. (Correspondence N. V. Expross.) Wasiiisoiiox, Dec. 16, 1857. Mr. Green, one of the Missouri Senators, upoke for the Administration (or Lccompton) side of tho Housj. His speech was forcibly feeble, rather, and drawn vory mild. Douglas' rejoinder told with immense effect, and completely demolished the position of the gentleman from Missouri. To sanction the Lecompton juggle at all, the speaker showed, was but to precipitate a civil war,- and such being the case, he advised all who intendod to vote for it, to vote for an extra appropriation for the army at the samo time 1 The breaking up of the Democratic party, ho also declared, was certain to follow and still worse, the breaking up of the Union, if the people ot Kansas by theso means, wore to be driven to fight for their rights, v Douglas closed with an impassioned appeal to men of all parties, to lay aside tboir sectional predilections and preferences, and settle this question as it ought to bo settled on the principles of equity and right. Tho Chamber was crowded, and tho effect was marked. It was agreed on all hands, that on this occasion the Illinois Senator, in eloquence and power, surpassed his opening speech of last week. ' Banks' Kanana Bill. ' Nkw YonK. December 17. Tho Tribune's Washington correspondent says that tho Ean. jsas biu', introduced in the House by Mr. Banks, jroviu'S tot the formation of a Constitutional ad Sta!? Government by a major-' ity of legal voters, on the first Monday in March, to elect Delega.'cs for tach represen-tattoo in Territorial Legislature to meet at the Capitol on the first Monday in blank, and determine by vote whether the poplo of Kansas wish her to be admitted to the UuiVn. If so, shall form a Constitution and take all necessary steps for the establishment of a fllate Government, subject to the approval of the people. Tut other sections of Mr. Banks' bill relate to the census of Kansas on which to base the election of Itepresentatives ; for land for schools, public buildings, fec, The boundaries proposed are substantially those made by Mr. Toombs' bill, and would be satisfactory to Kansas. ' Mr. Florence said that the House had evi-dence that there was no good cause of sitting on Saturday. ' Ht then made an ineffectual jiotioA to adjourn, THE FOUR GOVERNORS OF KANSAS. IProm Forney's Presl.1 Four Democrats have, in succession, boon appointed to govern Kansas. The first was Andrew II. Reedor, of Easton, Pennsylvania, wno nan. always boon Known as an unwaver ing National Democrat, previous to his do parture for that Territory. The events which transpired there wore of such a character as to induco him to protest bitterly against the action oi tne innauitants oi tho border coun ties of Missouri. Wo aro not disposed to re open any of tho questions connected with the earfy history of Kansas difticulties. nor to endorse the position which Governor Iteedor finally assumed, for wo battled against it with all our energies. We rotor to him in this con nection merely as a historical character. Ho was succeeded by Wilson Shannon, of unio, wtioso caroor was not marked by any important incident, and whoso views on the Kansas question never attractod any consid crable degreo of attention ono way or tho other. His mission was, however, evidently an unsuccessiut one. With these failures bofore him. Gen. Pierce selected John W. Geary, of this Stute, to act as uovernor. Jlo exerted himself very ener getically, arid to somo extent successfully, in paciiytng Kansas. JJut finally, he also re turned, ana notwithstanding the auspices un der which h had gone, he protested most bit terly against the conduct of tho ultra South ern party as exceedingly unfair nnd unjust. So this question stood when Mr. Buchanan was appointed President That sagacious statesman found tho appointment of a new Governor of Kansas, in view of tho difficulties by which it was surrounded, ono of the most delicate and important duties devolving upon him. He brought to its discharge tho most careful aiid patriotic deliberation. Tho Kansas issue had been tho great feature ol the Presidential campaign of 1850. The eyes of ttio whole nation were turned upon that distant Territory. It was pre-eminently proper that the government of it should be confided to Mo hunds. And certainly the President fully acknowledged the importance of this con sideration. It might have boon charged that the former Governors had not had sufficient policital experience. But no one could urge that objection to Itobert J. Walker. He had been a Senator of the United States and Sec-rotary of the Treasury. In both capacities ho had displayed abilities of-the very highest character, and he confessedly ranked among the leading statesmen of tho Union. It might have been charged against the other Governors that they were imbued with Northern prejudices that their vision was distorted by their Northern ideas and associations. But no such objections could be made to Mr. Walker. He had been as devoted a friend, and as firm a champion of tho South as she ever had. He had been a leading spirit in securing the nomination of James K. Polk, and the annex ation of Texas, by which an immense scope J of slave-holding territory was added to the U nion. lie had given a greater impetus to the favorite free trado theories of the South than any man in the Union. And even so late as February last, he had been most ur gently pressed upon Mr. Buchanan for the ap pointment of secretary or State, by nearly all the ultra men of the South. He thus stood confessedly before the country as ono who possessed their confidence in an eminent de gree His secretary, Mr. Stanton, was also well known as a devoted Iriond of the South, and had for years ably represented Tennessee in Congress. iow, throwiiigentircly out of viow the opin ions on Kansas formed by all the previous Governors adopting without question tho theory that they were incorrect and biased what aro wo to think of tho fact that both Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton most in dignantly protest against tho action of the late liocompton Convention, as a violation oi all principles of just and fair dealing f It we cannot credit stich witnesses, in whom can we confide ? If we reject their tostimony, aro wo not like thoso spoken of, who would not even bcliove one, " though he had risen from the dead ? ' The whole transaction reminds us of the Scriptural history of Saul and David : "And Saul sent inossengcrs to take David : and when they saw the company of the proph-ots prophesying, and Samuel standing, as appointed, over them, the Spirit of God was upon tho mossengors of Saul, and they also prophesied. And when it was told Saul, ho sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent other mossengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. Then went ho also to ltamah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu : and ho asked and said Where aro Samuel and David ? And ono said : Behold they bo at Naioth, in Raman ; and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the Prophets ?" Not only are Walkor and Stanton in indignant protest against the action of Lccompton Convention, but Judgo Douglas, the author of tho Nebraska bill, has delivered ono of the greatest speeches ever uttered on the floor of the United States Senato against it. Are all these men, chosen representatives of the Democratic party, who have possessed unusual facilities or acquiring full knowledge of the real condition of Kansas affuirs, mistaken? Is it not infinitely more rational to conclude that the voice of tho people of that Territory, demanding the inalienable right of self-gov. ernment, and pleading for the power of disposing of their internal difficulties through the establishment of tho great nnd self-regulating principle of allowing the will of tho majority to prevail, has touched their hearts, as the messengers of Saul, and finally Saul himself, was touched by a providential power ? Scarcity of Money in Kansas. The Kansas Herald of Freedom says : There are 200,000 claims in Kansas to be paid for at the rate of $200 for each claim. This will take $10,000,000, a stream of money running into the Land office sufficiently large to keep the country poor for several years to come. It is estimated that there are now 20,000 uimilies in the Territory, nearly all of whom are applied with flour and meat from Missou ri and other States at an annual expense of not less than $aOO,lJU. All dry goods, groceries furniture, hardware, orockery and clothing, amounting to nearly as much moro, mist be paid for in cash, and sent out of the country. Nearly all carriages, wagons, plows, tec, amounting to a very largo sum, are paid for in cash and the monev sent east. There art many Ottier smallerdrains ramifying the country which are welhcalculated is dry up any little surplus fund lying in the hands of prudent farmers. All these things must be looked to, met, and provided for in such a manner as to produce no check to onr prosperity, or" panic amongst the settlcps, A BIIEEZE AMONG THE ITIET1I ; From the New York Express, Deo. 18th. A convention of Clerical and Lay Dolegates from various Methodist Episcopal churches in Western Now York, was hold in.8t. Jonh's M. E. Church, Rochester, Monday. Tho subject of deliberation was the proposed change in the representation in General Conferouco, by which the Laity may be permitted to have a share in its deliberations and legislative action, and a modification of tho Presiding Eldership. A large number of the prominent members of tho Church wore in attendance, representing churches in different parts of the State. This subject has been discussed to a considerable extent in tho organ of the denomination, and petitions ware presented at the last General Conference, but this is the first public convention called to take formal action in tho premises, so far as we are informed. George Shelton, Esq., of Rochoster, Presi dent, and J. W. Stebbins, Esq., and Mr. Jol- Iie, of Macedon, acted as Secretaries. Tho discussion was quite animated, but at the close of tho day's proceedings tho convention had not come to any doflnito conclusion upon the main question. We quote from tho report of tho proceedings in the Democrat : Mr. , of Castloton, said the people feel that the Presiding Eldership is a useless bur then upon them. Tho burthen hod been en dured for a long timo, becauso it was hard to change ; but tho time came when thero is a general demand for tho reform, Mr. Kinnoy, or Uvid, said our missionary treasury has gono backward $00,000; and it would continue until it became bankrupt, if the will of the clergy is to bo the law of the laity, forevor. The gag will not be endured longer. Kov. Mr. Mattcson, of Syracuse, was re minded of tho Scripture, which reads "Thou reproachest us also," wo dominies. But ho had not in a long time felt so much like saying "glory to God!" And what has bee said, is certainly true. If ho was not borne away by his feelings, he had not in many years been in a meeting auguring so well for tho future of ths Methodist church, as this docs. He was glad to see these laymen with hard hands and soft hearts, who lodge and feed us and our horses, taking action in this matter. He was, with his whole heart, in this matter, and he hoped the " Rights of tho Laity 1 " would be maintained. Inscribe it on your banner, brethren, and keep it thero. (Sensation.) Mr. Burton, of Cincinnati, said they wanted no presiding elder in his church, any more than they wanted a fifth wheel to a wagon. tie does us no good whatever, llo mention ed the fact that Union Chapel, Cincinnati, passed resolutions against the 1' residing jm- dership, allowing him to get his salary out of tho congregation, if ho could. I he ministers who congregate about the Book Concern, where most of the troubles in tho church originate (sensation) wore excited by tho reso lution, and declared that tho Union Chapel had repudiated tho P. E. and refused to pay him, or have anything to do with him. Mr. Mattison inquired if Mr. Burton was not one of those who in Cincinnati started that "great innovation," apewed church. Mr. Burton I was one of that band : glo ry be to God. And the effort was successful. He said further that some one had remarked that when the clergy are resolved upon sustaining something relating to their order, they called upon the Bishop, who sends to Washington for his troops, to assist. Laughter.! Well, let the Bishop send now for his troops. It will remind us of that King who ! marched up the bill with 20,000men.--Laughter. Mr. Hunt, of Andover, said that his charge camo to the conclusion several years since, that they could dispense with the services of the Presiding Elder. He has not visited us moro than twice in a year ; and we thought if we could get along without him at two meetings, we might at four. It was further heard that the Missionary Fund was low ; and it occurred to us that we should give to that fund tho $C,000 we pay in three conferences to tho Presiding Elders. That's it. As to lay representation in genoral conference, we think that it would bo wiso to consider that subject, and that possibly all interests might be advanced thereby. Gov. KiCliurdsoii. , The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes as follows : " I am now prepared to speak more positively concerning Gov. Richardson, and to mako unqualified these specific declarations : 1. That Gov. Richardson, to whom the appointment had been some time previously tendered, after Mr. Douglas had taken his stand in tho Senate called on tho President and stated to him that he agreed fully with the sentiments of tho Illinois Senator, thus giving tho Executive an opportunity if so disposed, to withdraw his proffer of the governorship. That there may be no mistako about this, I will add that this interviow took place in the presence of Gen. Singleton, of Illinois. 2. That the President, knowing theso facts, sent the nomination cf Gov. Richardson to the Senate. 3. That Gov. Richardson consulted with Mr. Douglas to know if, undor the circumstances, he should accept the post, and that gentleman advised him that there was no reason why ho should not do so. 4. That in Executive Sossion, when the subject of Gov. Richardson's appointment came up, Mr. Douglas was the Senator who moved for a suspension of the rules, in order that the nomination might be confirmed without delay. Self-Slaughter. Our exchanges are burdened with accounts of suicides caused by the revulsion in money matters. The history of a month would show a greater destruction of life than by tho foundering of the Central America. Ono day's exchanges, not half scanned, shows, that Mr. Johnson, of Cincinnati, becoming desperate under the ceaseless importunities of his creditors, drowned himself in the Ohio. A Mr, Needham, of New York, formerly of Buffalo, took morphine, and thus ended his pecuniary troubles. Mr. Slade, of Boston, in a fit of insanity caused by business embarrassments, cut his throat. Mr. Robertson, of Pultney-ville, N. Y., while suffering from insanity brought on by reverses, threw himself before a locomotive and was mashed to a jelly. Mr. Reed, of Worcester, Mass., being out of employment and discouraged, took poison and ended hiftdays. Mr. Thompson.of Philadelphia took laudanum and died, because the world went wrong with bim. (T An old English divine adviseth thus : " Have you got a sinter then cherish her with a holy friendship." All right. But whatjf a feller hasn't got bo sister 1 v ' "Then," says the New Bedford Standard, " go take tnother man's." PLATFORM OF THE FREE STATE MEN OF KANSAS. We have the proamblo and resolutions adopted by the Free State Delcgato Convcn- uon wnicn assembled at J.awrcnco, Jv. 1 . Dec. 21, every part of the Territory being reprosomeu uy uetegates cnoscn uy largo mass moctings. mis proamblo, with accompanying resolutions, was adopted unanimously, without a word of debate, by nino vehement and unanimous cheors. Thoro is no doubt whatever but tho document below rehearses tho facts of the history of usurpation in Kansas, and exr rcssos tho feelings of the great uiajori-ty of tho people of tho Territory. l'Hl'.AHIILE AND RESOLUTIONS. Wo, the people of Kansas, in Delegate Convention assembled, at Lawrence, this 2d day of December, 1857, do sot forth the following to our fellow-citizens and the people of these United States Circumstances of an extraordinary character threaten to imperii tho peace of this Territory, and to deprive a majority of our people of their rights, as citizens of this Republic, to govern tho samo. On the 30th of March. 1855. an armed force Irom Missouri violently took nonsession of the polls in Kansas, and fraudulently elected a Territorial Legislature, with sentiments ad torse to the opinions of a majority of the peoplo, and enacted laws cruel and oppressive. A Legislature, composed in part of persons elected as above, and of other persons elected in uctobcr, leoo, in a like violent and fraudulent mannor, and under degrading test oaths enacted by the provioua body, passed nn act for the creation of a constitutional convention under a partial partisan registration and apportionment, and in the election of members to said constitutional convention, tho law providing for the same was nover complied with in many important and essential particulars, especially in making a complote census of tho peoplo and registry of the voters of tho Territory, fifteen entire counties being totally disfranchised, and many voters in the other counties left off. The convention that assembled in Lecompton in September last, thus elected, have proceeded to frame a constitution for the State of Kansas, in defiance of the fact that they, by their own record, rep resented a small minority of the people of this territory j that their proceedings wcro protested against by the people on tho ground of illegality and unfairness, and the presence ol s portion ol the U nited states army was necessary to protect them during their sittings against the indignation of an outraged people. In the face of these facts, they refuse to submit tho instrument they liavo thus framed to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. Ihey provide lor a swindle, styled by thorn an election, in which neither tho constitution, nor any material part thcrc-of.'can bo elected or rejected. They have, pending this action, provided for a Stato election on the first Monday of January next, under said instrument, and under the authori ty of a usurping regency unknown to constitutional authority and dangerous to the liberties of tho people, the design of the same being to rob from tho people of Kansas their rights, as rescued through the ballot-box in October last, and destroy tho only legitimate Territorial Legislative body over in Kansas. This dangerous assumption of power calls for a prompt and elhcient romedy from the people, the only . legitimate source of power; therefore i'esolved. That wo utterly repudiato said Constitution, framed at Lccompton, that it is an instrument hostile to the popular will, and appealing to the God of justice humanity for the rectitude of our intentions, we do solemn ly enter into a league and covenant with each other, that we shall never, undor any circumstances, permit the said Constitution so framed, and not Submittkd, to be the organic law for the Stato of Kansas, but do plcdgo our lives, our fortunes and sacred honors in ceaseless hostility to the same. liesolved, That we denounce the so-called election of December 21st, as a swindle, and the election of January 1th, 1808, as a crime and misdemeanor against tho peace of this Territory, and the will of tho majority. Resolved,, That tho Legislature elected in this Territory, - ou tho 5th day of October, 1857, is tho only legitimato law making body that has ever been elected for the Territory of Kansas, and that its functions shall not bo suspended by any Constitution or Stato government until a fair and impartial voto shall be had on tho same. Resolved, That this delcgato Convention do hcroby re-endorse the Constitution known as the Topcka Constitution, and do declare it to represent the wishes of the people of Kansas, to day, and that when it shall have again received the popular sanction, under authority of the only legitimate Territorial Legislature ever convened in Kansas Territory, recognized by the authority of the United States, that we shall maintain it against all opposition. Resolved, 1'hat, looking chiefly to fho above end, we respectfully memoralize the Territorial Legislature, about to convene in extra session on the 7th inst, to frame a fair and impartial election law, and that they ; under it, do submit the two Constitutions tho people's Constitution framod at Topcka, and the Constitution framed at Lccompton to a vote of the peoplo of this Territory, and that the said Legislature provided that the Constitution which shall receive a majority of all the legal votes, shall become the fundamentaUaw for the State of Kansas. Resolved, That this Convention do express its approbation of the act of Hon. Fred P. Stanton, convening a special session of the Territorial Legislature in this emergency, and that we thank him for this expression in fa-vor,of rescuing the public peace and the rights of tho people. , A MossTEtt Oseoos Tbar. AVe were shown by Mr. A. Stanton, this morning, a monster pear, raised on ths farm of George Walling, on tho Williamette river, eight miles above Portland, Oregon. It weighs four pounds, is eighteen inches in round, and twenty-one inchos in long circuraferonco, and nine inches in long diameter. It resembles a pumpkin. It appears that the graft on which it grew was taken from a tree of the pound pear, species, placed in a white hawthorn stalk about three years ago, and a tub of water kept under the tree in the fruiting or dry season, with moist ground about the roots. It may be stated that the mothers of Oregon are beginning to complain of the great danger to ther offspring's heads from such big fruit on trees. San trancitco Bullentin. OJr The Dayton Empire i out openly and actively against Douglas and Squatter Sovereignty. It says that Douglas and the papers which support him have turned " interventionists," and M adopt Block Republican doctrine." It says "in the pithy words of tbe New York Herald, they are devouring the dirty crumbs and remnants of tbe nigger agitation left- on the table by Garrison, Abbr Kelly, Seward, Greely Se Co." VISIT OF BRYANT TO MONTGOMERY It was on a bright June morning of 1801, that the poet Bryant paid a visit to tho Mount to see one " whose name " be said, " he had long honored, and of tho admlraticn of whom ho had given evidence by committing to memory, when young, the whole of 'The Wanderer of Switzerland.' Tho quiet and unaffected mannors of his American guest charmed Montgomery, nnd he felt at home with him immediately. " I am anxious," said ho, in tho courso of conversation, "to see your poets give to their works an impression of native originality, moro of an interest derived from the peculiar character of their country, and imitato less thoso of our own on this account I havo boon much pleased with Longfellow." ut Uryant himself, this is a marked excel lenco, whose descriptive writings aro esscn tially Amorican, and the graphic felicity of whoso details transport us to all the brilliant peculiarities of our forest scenery. On Mont gomery playfully remarking, "You pirate our books so in your country, sometimes reprinting a whole volumo in a newspaper," Bryant rejoined: "And you certainly return tho compliment; I say nothing of Longfellow's poems, which you have named ; but my own havo all been reprinted here, without either consultation or concurrence on my part; and I was surprised, when in London tho other day, to have put in my hand a metropolitan impression of a few pieces which I published only just beforo I left homo to complete a volume. Tho English printer seems to havo thought them equally desirable to perfect his surreptitious edition." GOODALE & CO'S CIRCULAR. Cleveland Woor, Depot, ) Dec. 7, 1807. Dear Sm We havo, at this dale, no change to note in the wool markot which is still characterized by the samo inactivity that has existed for tho last three months. There are faint Indications of an improvement in fine American fleeces, which will bo wanted for spring fubrics. Manufacturers are beginning to make iuquirics, and some are looking about with an evident intention of purchasing at an early day, yet, we havo to inform ourconsign-ors that no sales have been mado with us since our last. Forty-fivo cents was offoretl and refused, for a large quantity of Saxony and Morino lloeces, owned by a party in this city. Wo do not look for any great moToment in wools beforo February next, when, should there be a prospect of any considerable de mand for goods, wools will doubtless command very fair prices for it is well understood that the stock of domeutio wools, last fall, would havo been insufficient to supply the machinery then in active operation. In consequence of tho general suspension, which has taken place among tho woolen mills, thoro are now no fears of a short supply but tho fact that wool is in tho hands of parties who arc able to hold, and aro disposed to mako the best possible sales, will tend to countoract, in part, other unfavorable circum stances affecting tho trade. Large concessions, however, are mado, when cash purchasers can be found. Respectfully, &c, GOODALE & CO. TnE Slave asp Coolik Trapes. Advices from Havana state that tho African Slave Trado was never moro flourishing. Four car goes of negroes havo been landed on the Is land within ten days. T hey numbered ten thousand four hundred unfortunates, and three of the vessels which brought them were built and are, it is thought, owned in Massachusetts, The French had placed a largo steam propeller in tho coolie trado, and landed from her eight hundred and forty-two Chinese, who were sold by first hands to others. and by them to sub-contractors, for labor, re alizing a prolit loreacn party, r.ach speculator made about $180 profit por head, and the full price for a Chinaman (with hair uncut) was Jli:u,Yo. i iio authorities in the differ ent ports of entry openly connivod at the trafllc. 03" Tho Philadelphia Fennsylvanian of Dec. 15th, has a long article bitterly assailing Judge Douglas, closing as follows : The Judgo has changed his position, and now talks of an enabling act to authorize the people to do just what the Kanpas-Ncbraska bill Was passed to confer upon them tho right to manage their own matters in their own way. Where Hale and Fessenaen and Chase stod in 1854, in their opposition to the Kansas-Kelra&a bill, Judge Douglas stands now, and attempts to sustain himself by the same arguments they used then. 03r The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing on the 15th, says: Several of the leading Republican Members of Congress had a long and confidential interview last night with Senator Douglass at his house. The conferenro is understood to have related to the affuirs of Kansas, and to have been highly satisfactory to all concerned. Sharp Practice is Uscbt. Money Lender " You want a hundred dollars ! Here's the money ; I charge five per cent a month, and asayou want it for a year, that leaves just forty dollars coming to you." Innocent Borrower" Then il I wanted it for two years, there'd bo something coming to yon, th ?" 03" " When a woman," says .Mrs. Partington, " has once married with a congealing heart, and one that beats responsible to her own, she will never want to enter the maritime state again.'' 05" Levity is oftew less foolish, and gravity kits wise, than each of them appear. 04T A noblo heart, like the sun, shows its brightest countenance in its lowest estate. THE SAltU.i I II DAY. If Christians were what they profess to lie; if real sincorlty and consistency characterized thoir naming the name of Christ; if the love of uod, concern for thoir sou Is. desire for heaven and tho other pure nnd holy principles of his religion were truly cherished as becomes his uiHcipies wnat a umercnt aspect would the world present ! Not tho most thoiough de- voiee oi woridiy wealtn ana Honor ; not the most fascina'.cd of the disciples of worldly pleasure, not evon ho who seeks gratification in tne improvement and exorciso of the ennobling properties which his nature derives from its intellectual endowments, would be so engaged, so cordially interested, and ho hannv. us tho disciplo of Christ, in the cherishing of uio oiiccuons and mo aiKcunrgo or tho obliga-tions of his Christian profession. It would bo seen that it is with eternity lie is mainly concerned, and for his soul that he chiefly cares and laliors; that God is his hope and ior. and that in heaven is deposited the troasuro of his warmest and deepest affections. The Lord blessed m "th day and hilhvied it, is the record ofa celestial ordinance which ho would not dure & which ho would Lave no inclination, to violate; but which it would ever be his happiness and dolight to honor. Keglcct not the assembling of yourselves together, is an apostolic in-junction to which ho would gladly listen, and gladly yield compliance. Wheresoever two or three are gathered tegrther in nig namethere am I in the midst of tlum, is a great and precious promise humble confidence in which, practically acted on, would administer to his soul tho purest joy and gladness. Go, worldling, he would say, find your wealth. Go. ambition's devotee, and reap your honor. Uo, son of pleasure, and revel in vour cniovment. Go, sluggard, and take your case. I go to meet my c-avwur : l our wealth will soon profit you nothing: Your honor will soon show how unequal it is to your true happiness: Your pleasure will soon be arrested forever: Your lost timo will rise up in judg ment against you. Ho whom I seek will nev er fail mo: llo will bo my unending portion; in this lire my best and faithful friend ; in the life to come, my everlasting Saviour. Ivllliounires. What constitutes a fortuno ? With us n man who possesses a capital of 8100.01 J is honored with tho brevet title of "Millionaire :" In England there aro hundreds upon hundreds of private gentlemen, each with $100,. 000 per annum, who aro rather looked down upon, as only indifferently well off, by magnates, with half a county as their territory, and revenue of a principality for their income. Wo do not allude to such men as tho Marquis of Westminister, with $2,000,000 ayvar or the Dukes of Bucelugh, Portland, Devonshire, of Sutherland, each of whom is nearly as wealthy. The curious thing is, how little tho wealth of the British middle classes is made matter of ostentation. Tho othor day, Mr. Muntz, who had been Member of Parliament, went to his long home. He had been patentee of an improved method of making copper sheath ing for ships ; and believed to bo wealthy. -rl!' ;.. . . ins manner oi living, piaio, wnu ail comiorts, novor indicated vast wealth. His will Was proved a fortnight ago, and the mere personality, which is wholly irrespective of his land estates, amounted to $3,000,000. lie left $500,000 and use of his furniture to his widow, $120,000 to each of his four sons in New Zealand; $100,000 to his daughlor: $0,000 to his brother (tho executor.) and all the rest according to the law and fashion of English primogeniture to his eldest son. liad so wealthy a man passed away from us, ho would havo been duly advertised. In England, a few lines, without any gloryfycation, announce how his property was disposed of. There is no surprise whatevor at a tradesman's having realised, in addition to his othor woalth, tho sum of $3,000,000 ofpeisonal property In England the least ostentation in displayed by tho wealthiest. Some years ogo, a friend of ours dined at a private house in Manchester, tho Cottonopolis of England; and among the half dozen of whom tho company wcro composed our friend, a man of letters, and thorcfore poor, being tho best dressed of tho lot one owned five millions sterling: two had throe millions each; a fourth had two millions; and tho host, comparatively poor among such millionaires, was worth shout one million. Here were 21.000,000, or $70.- 000,000 owned by five men, plain spoken, plain mannered, and plainly attired. 1'hila. l'ress. The N. Y. Evening Post, speaking cf tho removal of McKeon, in Xew York, for oppo sing Wood, says : " If tho reason assigned fur the removal of Mr. McKeon, be tho correct ono, it is certainly calculated to shako the confidence of tho most confiding in Mr. Buchanan's patriotism, and we may add, in his good sense, for no Presi dent in his senses, one would suppose, would deliberately undertake to carry Wood upon his shoulders since his defeat. Such a burden would have broken down the adminis tration of General Washington. If Louis Napoleon has ever attempted a more direct or shameless interference with tho elective fran chise than this, the evidence of it has not yet transpireu, so tar 03 we Know." OiT I learn from a private letter, received in this city that tho cattle which were taken on tho l'Jlh (ctobcr by tho Mormons, comprised thoso belonging to the contractors trains which were burned previously, and averaged two hundred and seventy in each train making an aggregate of eight hundred and ten head. Besids these thoro were ono hundred and twenty head of beef cattle which had been purchased on Green Rivor for tho troops. Those cattle en only thrco miles behind the military cotnmtad when thoy were run off. There wcro only seven men in charre of them. Washington Cor. JV. Y. Times. 05" They aro having a timo at MansHeld as we co by tho ll-i-alu of that place. A married man planned an olopemont with a beautiful girl, and tho twain met at the ap pointed place, wncn thcnulier ol the girl mado his appearance. The girl war. sent bom?, and the father taking the married Lothario by the collar, led him into tho presence of tho deser ter! wire, who pitched into ,im " tooth and nail," her tongue at the camo thro impressing the lesson. " I'll show yon, old hatf, that you are bound to me by matrimonial tic.i. I'll leirn yea a lesson that vou will remember to the Judgment day." "fh-j old chap wa3 laid up by the beating his wife gave hiu. Betiiaxt Comkok. The scttiag on fire ofi the Collcgo Buildings is attributed to two or three of the Student, rectntty undor discipline. An Irishman is also auAprcted. Tho loss including building, libraries and apparatus is estimated at $125,000. Insurance $50,000. The college exercises will go on In temporary building. . (iOV. WALKKIl'H LfcTlEJl. . : Washington Citv, Dec. 17. The following is the letter of Robert J, Walkor, resigning the office of Governor of Kansas : , Wahiiihoton Citt, Dee. 15, 1857, Han. Lewis Cass, Seeretarg of State, Washington City t '' Sir : I resign the office of Governor of the Territory of Kayisas. I have been most reluctantly forced to this conclusion alter anxious and careful consideration of my duty to tho country, to the people of Kansas, to the President of the U. 8., and to myself. The grounds assumed by the President in his late messago to Congress, and in recent instructions in connection with the events now transpiring here and in Kansas, admonish me that, as Governor of that Territory, it will no longer be in my power to preserve pence or promote tho public welfare. At the earnest solicitation of tho President, after repeated refusals, the last being iir writing. 1 finally ac cepted this office upon his letter showing the dangers and ditliculties of the Kansas ones- mm, aim me necessity oi my undertaking the task of adjiistniont. I accept, however, on the express condition that I should advocate tho submission of tho constitution to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. incse views were clearly understood by the President and nil his Cabinet; they were dis tinctly set forth in my letter of acceptance of this billet on the 20th of March last, and re- itemted in my inaugural address on the 27i,h of May hist. ith these views well known to the Presi-lent and Cabinet, and apnrnv. d bv them, f accepted tho appointment ol Governorof Kan sas. My instructions from tho President, through the Secretary of State, under duto of the 13th of March last, mistiin the regular legislature of the territory in assembling a convention to Ibrm a coi.siituiion, and they oxpress tho opinion of tho Piesident that when such a constitution shall be submitted to tho people of the territory, they must be protected in the exercise of their right voting for or against the instrument, and the fair expression of tho popular will must not be interrupted by fraud or violence. I repeat then, ' as my clear conviction, that unless the convention should submit the constitution to the vote of all tho actual resident settlers in Kansas, and the election be fairly uud justly conducted, the constitution will" lie, and ought to be, rejected by Congress. This inaugural most distinctly asserted that it was not the question of slavery, merely, which I believed to be of little practical importance then in its application to Kansas, but the entire constitution which should be suhmi'tcd to the people for ratification or rejection. After quoting from tiio President's inaugural. Gov. Walkor refers as lollows to his course as Governorof Kansas, and tho good effects : The power and responsibility being devolved exclusively upon mo by the President of using the Foderal army" in Kansas to suppress insurrection, the alternative was distinctly presented to ino by questions propounded at Topeka of arresting revolution by the slaughtor of the people, or of preventing, together with that civil war which must have extended throught the Union. My solemn assuranco was then given that the right of the people to frame thuir own government, so far as my power extended, should be maintained; but for this assurance it is a conceded fact that tho Topcka State government, then assembled in legislative session, would huve been put into immediate actual operation, and that sanguinary collision with tho Federal army, and civil war, must have ensued, extending, it is feared, throughout the Union. Indeed, the whole ides ol an inaugural address originated in tho alarming intelligence which had reached Washington City of perilous and incipient rebellion in Kansas. This insurrection was rendered still more formidable, on my reaching the Territory, by the near approach of the assembling of the revolutionary Stato legislature, and the very Humorous mass conventions by which it was sustained. In truth, I had to choose between arresting that insurrection at whatovur cost of American bloou by the Federal army, or to prevent the terrible catastrophe, as I did' by my pledges to tho peoplo oftliejxertion of all my power to obtain a lair election, by the voto of the people, for ratification or rejection. My inaugural and other addresses were therefore really in the nature of proclamatious co often issued by presidents and governors with a view to prevent, as they did in this case, civil war and in.suirection. 1 was, therefore, only performing my solemn duty when, as Uovernor ol tne l trnlory to whose people my first obligations were duo, I endeavored to se-, cure to them these results. . . Tho idea entertained by some that I should sae the Federal Constitution and the Nebras- : ka Bill overthrown and disregarded, and that playing the part of a mute in a pantomime of ruin, 1 should acqtiiesco by my silenco in such a result, especially where such acquiescence involved, as an immediate consequence, a disastrous and sanguinary civil war seems to me most preposterous. S'ot a drop of blood has; been shod by the federal troops in Kansas during my administration, but insurrection and civil war, extending, I fear, throughout the country, wero alone prevented by the course pursued by me on those occasions, nnd the whole people abandoning revolutionary violence were induced by mo to go for the first' time into a gcncr.il nnd peaceful election. , T'ficse important results constitute a sufil-. cient consolation for all the unjust assaults made upon mo on this subject. I do not un-' dcrstaii l that these tssaulta have ever received the slightest countenance from the Presi- . dent; on tho contrary, his message clearly indicates an approval of my courso tip to the present most unfortunate differenco alout the so-called Lccompton constitution. Inasmuch, however, as this differenco is upon a vital question, involving practical results and new instructions, it is certainly mueh more roi spectful tT lha rnsidetit, en my part, to resign the office of Governor, and give him an. opportunity of filling it, as is his right under' tho Constitution, with one w ho concurs witb him in his ptcsoftt opinion. 1 To Uxlo-! Lovebs. We elip the following' from the New Orleans Picayune of Dec. Otb " lrenly-f;ve Dollars JSdcanl Ran away from my plantation, on Tuesday night, tho 27th inst, tho slava ClIAHLES. Crwrlca is-about forty years old; ic a very light mnlalto; ' has reddish hair and whislcore, is freckled, and might at first sight pass for a white (nan speaksEiiglwh andFreneh; has good eddies V I will pay the above reward for his arrest aai detention in anv Jail in the Plate. . tEO. K. TATNE. " Bt. Charles Cotrrtoouse Post Office." ; ( fjT Senator tcnlon may he seen rdln down the Avenue on horseWk every pleasant afternoon, having devoted his morning t literary labors. He confidently exports trr finish Whef hit Views" down to the Piere vlministrstion. totto fcl ..

'.' ' .- 1 - .. . '. :i..t - ' ," -.. ,.- s . - -.;... ! ..,.. .(.!, ': I I ' . . . ' t t I ,:1 " J-'J . v.i .'. "J VOL IV, 59 MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 29, 1857. NO. 7. vj l i it lie r iL N ra ie i i i HSCTaal-JL- MMaiSSaliMMtssWMSSBlMMSiMMMiaMIM 1 Written for tho Republican. THE SILENT 1IAIIP. Why art thou illant, harp T W'henoe hai thy muilo flown, Art wearied wlih tho notes of Joy, , That thou hast silent grown t Boo ths ear thou once could'it twoetly charm, Turn coldly from thy roioa f Does the heart that thrilt'd htiuath thy fomtr, In thy tilonoa now rejoice ? ' Oh t tell mo harp, why lilcnccd thus, Tby iwoot and magic tonea T Thy chordrunbrokon 'still remain, Thy power whenoe haa it down t Come, gontle harp, t long for tboe, To charm my wearied heart unct mrft) -Some magio strain, some plaintive lay, So woUbolorod in iayenf yurt: Woaried and sod I wait for thoe ; To sooth my soddonod soul again t 'Twill bring those bright dreams back to me, To bear some well remembered strain, Still silent f must I plead in vain, Tho boon to mo onoo froely given T Thou canst not know tho anguished pain, With which my tortured soul is rivon. . : Dead I Tho hands that fondly onoe carrosscd, And won from thoo thy sweotest tones ; Lio clasped upon tho pulseloss broait; . 'Tis thtrt thy power then has flown. Silent in death the birdlike voice, That breathed its sweotest tones to mo; Too well I know thou silont harp, Why I have prayed in vain to thee. Bcnonlk tho tomb of mortal hand, Again I would not haro the speak; Thou'rt lacrctl for thou sharost now, With my worn heart its silent griof; No moro tho tones of harps or lute, Can mako my saddened heart rojoiee, Like theo poor silont harp, my soul Cau answer wity tothat voice. lie wept, with bowed and knoeling form, While a halo of elTulgont light ; Encircle his brow with a lining eretcn, Rovcaling the form of his angel wife; From tho WMCtvt chortle of the silM harp, Swell'd up a m.nlltn hoavonly lay; And the spirit frcod, took its upwajd flight; At thettruinsnfilu anthem mre dying aicay, "C." Sectioual Construction of the House Committee. Correspondence of the North American. Washington, Dec. 14. Tho Speaker announced the Committees this morning, and ihoy genepally fulfill the foreshadowed opinions or tbo.se familiar with the direction or political affairs. At tho last moment it was determined to substitute Mr. Clancy Jones for Mr. Phelps of Missouri, as Chairman of - tho Ways and Means. The Pennsylvania delegation insisted upon having its numerical superiority represented, and perhaps an intimation was conveyed from another quarter, -which was even more potential and produced the desired effect. Considering tho material in the House, tho Committees are fair in the main, but one cannot but bo struck with the undue preponderance which is givon to the South over tho North in the distribution. Twelve Chairmanships are assigned to the (ilavoholding States and six to tho free. This disproportion of two to ono in favor of the minority section, is not easily explained by any recognized principle of fair apportionment In the last Congress Mr. Banks was assailed for illiberality by tho vory men who now extol these appointments. Yet ho selected two Chairmen from the opposition Mr. Quitman and Mr Aiken and gave only a bare ascendoncy to his own friends in tho arrangements of nearly all the important Committees. This sort of becoming consideration has not been reciprocated at all, and a monopoly of tho honors is confined to tnose who claim them upon strictly party grounds. Hereafter should the political power of the House pass into other bands, a precedent will be found to justify the most rigid exclusion of tho minority from anything more than their absolute rights. Douglas Demolition of Green of IMIftSOIII'l. (Correspondence N. V. Expross.) Wasiiisoiiox, Dec. 16, 1857. Mr. Green, one of the Missouri Senators, upoke for the Administration (or Lccompton) side of tho Housj. His speech was forcibly feeble, rather, and drawn vory mild. Douglas' rejoinder told with immense effect, and completely demolished the position of the gentleman from Missouri. To sanction the Lecompton juggle at all, the speaker showed, was but to precipitate a civil war,- and such being the case, he advised all who intendod to vote for it, to vote for an extra appropriation for the army at the samo time 1 The breaking up of the Democratic party, ho also declared, was certain to follow and still worse, the breaking up of the Union, if the people ot Kansas by theso means, wore to be driven to fight for their rights, v Douglas closed with an impassioned appeal to men of all parties, to lay aside tboir sectional predilections and preferences, and settle this question as it ought to bo settled on the principles of equity and right. Tho Chamber was crowded, and tho effect was marked. It was agreed on all hands, that on this occasion the Illinois Senator, in eloquence and power, surpassed his opening speech of last week. ' Banks' Kanana Bill. ' Nkw YonK. December 17. Tho Tribune's Washington correspondent says that tho Ean. jsas biu', introduced in the House by Mr. Banks, jroviu'S tot the formation of a Constitutional ad Sta!? Government by a major-' ity of legal voters, on the first Monday in March, to elect Delega.'cs for tach represen-tattoo in Territorial Legislature to meet at the Capitol on the first Monday in blank, and determine by vote whether the poplo of Kansas wish her to be admitted to the UuiVn. If so, shall form a Constitution and take all necessary steps for the establishment of a fllate Government, subject to the approval of the people. Tut other sections of Mr. Banks' bill relate to the census of Kansas on which to base the election of Itepresentatives ; for land for schools, public buildings, fec, The boundaries proposed are substantially those made by Mr. Toombs' bill, and would be satisfactory to Kansas. ' Mr. Florence said that the House had evi-dence that there was no good cause of sitting on Saturday. ' Ht then made an ineffectual jiotioA to adjourn, THE FOUR GOVERNORS OF KANSAS. IProm Forney's Presl.1 Four Democrats have, in succession, boon appointed to govern Kansas. The first was Andrew II. Reedor, of Easton, Pennsylvania, wno nan. always boon Known as an unwaver ing National Democrat, previous to his do parture for that Territory. The events which transpired there wore of such a character as to induco him to protest bitterly against the action oi tne innauitants oi tho border coun ties of Missouri. Wo aro not disposed to re open any of tho questions connected with the earfy history of Kansas difticulties. nor to endorse the position which Governor Iteedor finally assumed, for wo battled against it with all our energies. We rotor to him in this con nection merely as a historical character. Ho was succeeded by Wilson Shannon, of unio, wtioso caroor was not marked by any important incident, and whoso views on the Kansas question never attractod any consid crable degreo of attention ono way or tho other. His mission was, however, evidently an unsuccessiut one. With these failures bofore him. Gen. Pierce selected John W. Geary, of this Stute, to act as uovernor. Jlo exerted himself very ener getically, arid to somo extent successfully, in paciiytng Kansas. JJut finally, he also re turned, ana notwithstanding the auspices un der which h had gone, he protested most bit terly against the conduct of tho ultra South ern party as exceedingly unfair nnd unjust. So this question stood when Mr. Buchanan was appointed President That sagacious statesman found tho appointment of a new Governor of Kansas, in view of tho difficulties by which it was surrounded, ono of the most delicate and important duties devolving upon him. He brought to its discharge tho most careful aiid patriotic deliberation. Tho Kansas issue had been tho great feature ol the Presidential campaign of 1850. The eyes of ttio whole nation were turned upon that distant Territory. It was pre-eminently proper that the government of it should be confided to Mo hunds. And certainly the President fully acknowledged the importance of this con sideration. It might have boon charged that the former Governors had not had sufficient policital experience. But no one could urge that objection to Itobert J. Walker. He had been a Senator of the United States and Sec-rotary of the Treasury. In both capacities ho had displayed abilities of-the very highest character, and he confessedly ranked among the leading statesmen of tho Union. It might have been charged against the other Governors that they were imbued with Northern prejudices that their vision was distorted by their Northern ideas and associations. But no such objections could be made to Mr. Walker. He had been as devoted a friend, and as firm a champion of tho South as she ever had. He had been a leading spirit in securing the nomination of James K. Polk, and the annex ation of Texas, by which an immense scope J of slave-holding territory was added to the U nion. lie had given a greater impetus to the favorite free trado theories of the South than any man in the Union. And even so late as February last, he had been most ur gently pressed upon Mr. Buchanan for the ap pointment of secretary or State, by nearly all the ultra men of the South. He thus stood confessedly before the country as ono who possessed their confidence in an eminent de gree His secretary, Mr. Stanton, was also well known as a devoted Iriond of the South, and had for years ably represented Tennessee in Congress. iow, throwiiigentircly out of viow the opin ions on Kansas formed by all the previous Governors adopting without question tho theory that they were incorrect and biased what aro wo to think of tho fact that both Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton most in dignantly protest against tho action of the late liocompton Convention, as a violation oi all principles of just and fair dealing f It we cannot credit stich witnesses, in whom can we confide ? If we reject their tostimony, aro wo not like thoso spoken of, who would not even bcliove one, " though he had risen from the dead ? ' The whole transaction reminds us of the Scriptural history of Saul and David : "And Saul sent inossengcrs to take David : and when they saw the company of the proph-ots prophesying, and Samuel standing, as appointed, over them, the Spirit of God was upon tho mossengors of Saul, and they also prophesied. And when it was told Saul, ho sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent other mossengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. Then went ho also to ltamah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu : and ho asked and said Where aro Samuel and David ? And ono said : Behold they bo at Naioth, in Raman ; and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the Prophets ?" Not only are Walkor and Stanton in indignant protest against the action of Lccompton Convention, but Judgo Douglas, the author of tho Nebraska bill, has delivered ono of the greatest speeches ever uttered on the floor of the United States Senato against it. Are all these men, chosen representatives of the Democratic party, who have possessed unusual facilities or acquiring full knowledge of the real condition of Kansas affuirs, mistaken? Is it not infinitely more rational to conclude that the voice of tho people of that Territory, demanding the inalienable right of self-gov. ernment, and pleading for the power of disposing of their internal difficulties through the establishment of tho great nnd self-regulating principle of allowing the will of tho majority to prevail, has touched their hearts, as the messengers of Saul, and finally Saul himself, was touched by a providential power ? Scarcity of Money in Kansas. The Kansas Herald of Freedom says : There are 200,000 claims in Kansas to be paid for at the rate of $200 for each claim. This will take $10,000,000, a stream of money running into the Land office sufficiently large to keep the country poor for several years to come. It is estimated that there are now 20,000 uimilies in the Territory, nearly all of whom are applied with flour and meat from Missou ri and other States at an annual expense of not less than $aOO,lJU. All dry goods, groceries furniture, hardware, orockery and clothing, amounting to nearly as much moro, mist be paid for in cash, and sent out of the country. Nearly all carriages, wagons, plows, tec, amounting to a very largo sum, are paid for in cash and the monev sent east. There art many Ottier smallerdrains ramifying the country which are welhcalculated is dry up any little surplus fund lying in the hands of prudent farmers. All these things must be looked to, met, and provided for in such a manner as to produce no check to onr prosperity, or" panic amongst the settlcps, A BIIEEZE AMONG THE ITIET1I ; From the New York Express, Deo. 18th. A convention of Clerical and Lay Dolegates from various Methodist Episcopal churches in Western Now York, was hold in.8t. Jonh's M. E. Church, Rochester, Monday. Tho subject of deliberation was the proposed change in the representation in General Conferouco, by which the Laity may be permitted to have a share in its deliberations and legislative action, and a modification of tho Presiding Eldership. A large number of the prominent members of tho Church wore in attendance, representing churches in different parts of the State. This subject has been discussed to a considerable extent in tho organ of the denomination, and petitions ware presented at the last General Conference, but this is the first public convention called to take formal action in tho premises, so far as we are informed. George Shelton, Esq., of Rochoster, Presi dent, and J. W. Stebbins, Esq., and Mr. Jol- Iie, of Macedon, acted as Secretaries. Tho discussion was quite animated, but at the close of tho day's proceedings tho convention had not come to any doflnito conclusion upon the main question. We quote from tho report of tho proceedings in the Democrat : Mr. , of Castloton, said the people feel that the Presiding Eldership is a useless bur then upon them. Tho burthen hod been en dured for a long timo, becauso it was hard to change ; but tho time came when thero is a general demand for tho reform, Mr. Kinnoy, or Uvid, said our missionary treasury has gono backward $00,000; and it would continue until it became bankrupt, if the will of the clergy is to bo the law of the laity, forevor. The gag will not be endured longer. Kov. Mr. Mattcson, of Syracuse, was re minded of tho Scripture, which reads "Thou reproachest us also," wo dominies. But ho had not in a long time felt so much like saying "glory to God!" And what has bee said, is certainly true. If ho was not borne away by his feelings, he had not in many years been in a meeting auguring so well for tho future of ths Methodist church, as this docs. He was glad to see these laymen with hard hands and soft hearts, who lodge and feed us and our horses, taking action in this matter. He was, with his whole heart, in this matter, and he hoped the " Rights of tho Laity 1 " would be maintained. Inscribe it on your banner, brethren, and keep it thero. (Sensation.) Mr. Burton, of Cincinnati, said they wanted no presiding elder in his church, any more than they wanted a fifth wheel to a wagon. tie does us no good whatever, llo mention ed the fact that Union Chapel, Cincinnati, passed resolutions against the 1' residing jm- dership, allowing him to get his salary out of tho congregation, if ho could. I he ministers who congregate about the Book Concern, where most of the troubles in tho church originate (sensation) wore excited by tho reso lution, and declared that tho Union Chapel had repudiated tho P. E. and refused to pay him, or have anything to do with him. Mr. Mattison inquired if Mr. Burton was not one of those who in Cincinnati started that "great innovation," apewed church. Mr. Burton I was one of that band : glo ry be to God. And the effort was successful. He said further that some one had remarked that when the clergy are resolved upon sustaining something relating to their order, they called upon the Bishop, who sends to Washington for his troops, to assist. Laughter.! Well, let the Bishop send now for his troops. It will remind us of that King who ! marched up the bill with 20,000men.--Laughter. Mr. Hunt, of Andover, said that his charge camo to the conclusion several years since, that they could dispense with the services of the Presiding Elder. He has not visited us moro than twice in a year ; and we thought if we could get along without him at two meetings, we might at four. It was further heard that the Missionary Fund was low ; and it occurred to us that we should give to that fund tho $C,000 we pay in three conferences to tho Presiding Elders. That's it. As to lay representation in genoral conference, we think that it would bo wiso to consider that subject, and that possibly all interests might be advanced thereby. Gov. KiCliurdsoii. , The correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes as follows : " I am now prepared to speak more positively concerning Gov. Richardson, and to mako unqualified these specific declarations : 1. That Gov. Richardson, to whom the appointment had been some time previously tendered, after Mr. Douglas had taken his stand in tho Senate called on tho President and stated to him that he agreed fully with the sentiments of tho Illinois Senator, thus giving tho Executive an opportunity if so disposed, to withdraw his proffer of the governorship. That there may be no mistako about this, I will add that this interviow took place in the presence of Gen. Singleton, of Illinois. 2. That the President, knowing theso facts, sent the nomination cf Gov. Richardson to the Senate. 3. That Gov. Richardson consulted with Mr. Douglas to know if, undor the circumstances, he should accept the post, and that gentleman advised him that there was no reason why ho should not do so. 4. That in Executive Sossion, when the subject of Gov. Richardson's appointment came up, Mr. Douglas was the Senator who moved for a suspension of the rules, in order that the nomination might be confirmed without delay. Self-Slaughter. Our exchanges are burdened with accounts of suicides caused by the revulsion in money matters. The history of a month would show a greater destruction of life than by tho foundering of the Central America. Ono day's exchanges, not half scanned, shows, that Mr. Johnson, of Cincinnati, becoming desperate under the ceaseless importunities of his creditors, drowned himself in the Ohio. A Mr, Needham, of New York, formerly of Buffalo, took morphine, and thus ended his pecuniary troubles. Mr. Slade, of Boston, in a fit of insanity caused by business embarrassments, cut his throat. Mr. Robertson, of Pultney-ville, N. Y., while suffering from insanity brought on by reverses, threw himself before a locomotive and was mashed to a jelly. Mr. Reed, of Worcester, Mass., being out of employment and discouraged, took poison and ended hiftdays. Mr. Thompson.of Philadelphia took laudanum and died, because the world went wrong with bim. (T An old English divine adviseth thus : " Have you got a sinter then cherish her with a holy friendship." All right. But whatjf a feller hasn't got bo sister 1 v ' "Then," says the New Bedford Standard, " go take tnother man's." PLATFORM OF THE FREE STATE MEN OF KANSAS. We have the proamblo and resolutions adopted by the Free State Delcgato Convcn- uon wnicn assembled at J.awrcnco, Jv. 1 . Dec. 21, every part of the Territory being reprosomeu uy uetegates cnoscn uy largo mass moctings. mis proamblo, with accompanying resolutions, was adopted unanimously, without a word of debate, by nino vehement and unanimous cheors. Thoro is no doubt whatever but tho document below rehearses tho facts of the history of usurpation in Kansas, and exr rcssos tho feelings of the great uiajori-ty of tho people of tho Territory. l'Hl'.AHIILE AND RESOLUTIONS. Wo, the people of Kansas, in Delegate Convention assembled, at Lawrence, this 2d day of December, 1857, do sot forth the following to our fellow-citizens and the people of these United States Circumstances of an extraordinary character threaten to imperii tho peace of this Territory, and to deprive a majority of our people of their rights, as citizens of this Republic, to govern tho samo. On the 30th of March. 1855. an armed force Irom Missouri violently took nonsession of the polls in Kansas, and fraudulently elected a Territorial Legislature, with sentiments ad torse to the opinions of a majority of the peoplo, and enacted laws cruel and oppressive. A Legislature, composed in part of persons elected as above, and of other persons elected in uctobcr, leoo, in a like violent and fraudulent mannor, and under degrading test oaths enacted by the provioua body, passed nn act for the creation of a constitutional convention under a partial partisan registration and apportionment, and in the election of members to said constitutional convention, tho law providing for the same was nover complied with in many important and essential particulars, especially in making a complote census of tho peoplo and registry of the voters of tho Territory, fifteen entire counties being totally disfranchised, and many voters in the other counties left off. The convention that assembled in Lecompton in September last, thus elected, have proceeded to frame a constitution for the State of Kansas, in defiance of the fact that they, by their own record, rep resented a small minority of the people of this territory j that their proceedings wcro protested against by the people on tho ground of illegality and unfairness, and the presence ol s portion ol the U nited states army was necessary to protect them during their sittings against the indignation of an outraged people. In the face of these facts, they refuse to submit tho instrument they liavo thus framed to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. Ihey provide lor a swindle, styled by thorn an election, in which neither tho constitution, nor any material part thcrc-of.'can bo elected or rejected. They have, pending this action, provided for a Stato election on the first Monday of January next, under said instrument, and under the authori ty of a usurping regency unknown to constitutional authority and dangerous to the liberties of tho people, the design of the same being to rob from tho people of Kansas their rights, as rescued through the ballot-box in October last, and destroy tho only legitimate Territorial Legislative body over in Kansas. This dangerous assumption of power calls for a prompt and elhcient romedy from the people, the only . legitimate source of power; therefore i'esolved. That wo utterly repudiato said Constitution, framed at Lccompton, that it is an instrument hostile to the popular will, and appealing to the God of justice humanity for the rectitude of our intentions, we do solemn ly enter into a league and covenant with each other, that we shall never, undor any circumstances, permit the said Constitution so framed, and not Submittkd, to be the organic law for the Stato of Kansas, but do plcdgo our lives, our fortunes and sacred honors in ceaseless hostility to the same. liesolved, That we denounce the so-called election of December 21st, as a swindle, and the election of January 1th, 1808, as a crime and misdemeanor against tho peace of this Territory, and the will of tho majority. Resolved,, That tho Legislature elected in this Territory, - ou tho 5th day of October, 1857, is tho only legitimato law making body that has ever been elected for the Territory of Kansas, and that its functions shall not bo suspended by any Constitution or Stato government until a fair and impartial voto shall be had on tho same. Resolved, That this delcgato Convention do hcroby re-endorse the Constitution known as the Topcka Constitution, and do declare it to represent the wishes of the people of Kansas, to day, and that when it shall have again received the popular sanction, under authority of the only legitimate Territorial Legislature ever convened in Kansas Territory, recognized by the authority of the United States, that we shall maintain it against all opposition. Resolved, 1'hat, looking chiefly to fho above end, we respectfully memoralize the Territorial Legislature, about to convene in extra session on the 7th inst, to frame a fair and impartial election law, and that they ; under it, do submit the two Constitutions tho people's Constitution framod at Topcka, and the Constitution framed at Lccompton to a vote of the peoplo of this Territory, and that the said Legislature provided that the Constitution which shall receive a majority of all the legal votes, shall become the fundamentaUaw for the State of Kansas. Resolved, That this Convention do express its approbation of the act of Hon. Fred P. Stanton, convening a special session of the Territorial Legislature in this emergency, and that we thank him for this expression in fa-vor,of rescuing the public peace and the rights of tho people. , A MossTEtt Oseoos Tbar. AVe were shown by Mr. A. Stanton, this morning, a monster pear, raised on ths farm of George Walling, on tho Williamette river, eight miles above Portland, Oregon. It weighs four pounds, is eighteen inches in round, and twenty-one inchos in long circuraferonco, and nine inches in long diameter. It resembles a pumpkin. It appears that the graft on which it grew was taken from a tree of the pound pear, species, placed in a white hawthorn stalk about three years ago, and a tub of water kept under the tree in the fruiting or dry season, with moist ground about the roots. It may be stated that the mothers of Oregon are beginning to complain of the great danger to ther offspring's heads from such big fruit on trees. San trancitco Bullentin. OJr The Dayton Empire i out openly and actively against Douglas and Squatter Sovereignty. It says that Douglas and the papers which support him have turned " interventionists," and M adopt Block Republican doctrine." It says "in the pithy words of tbe New York Herald, they are devouring the dirty crumbs and remnants of tbe nigger agitation left- on the table by Garrison, Abbr Kelly, Seward, Greely Se Co." VISIT OF BRYANT TO MONTGOMERY It was on a bright June morning of 1801, that the poet Bryant paid a visit to tho Mount to see one " whose name " be said, " he had long honored, and of tho admlraticn of whom ho had given evidence by committing to memory, when young, the whole of 'The Wanderer of Switzerland.' Tho quiet and unaffected mannors of his American guest charmed Montgomery, nnd he felt at home with him immediately. " I am anxious," said ho, in tho courso of conversation, "to see your poets give to their works an impression of native originality, moro of an interest derived from the peculiar character of their country, and imitato less thoso of our own on this account I havo boon much pleased with Longfellow." ut Uryant himself, this is a marked excel lenco, whose descriptive writings aro esscn tially Amorican, and the graphic felicity of whoso details transport us to all the brilliant peculiarities of our forest scenery. On Mont gomery playfully remarking, "You pirate our books so in your country, sometimes reprinting a whole volumo in a newspaper," Bryant rejoined: "And you certainly return tho compliment; I say nothing of Longfellow's poems, which you have named ; but my own havo all been reprinted here, without either consultation or concurrence on my part; and I was surprised, when in London tho other day, to have put in my hand a metropolitan impression of a few pieces which I published only just beforo I left homo to complete a volume. Tho English printer seems to havo thought them equally desirable to perfect his surreptitious edition." GOODALE & CO'S CIRCULAR. Cleveland Woor, Depot, ) Dec. 7, 1807. Dear Sm We havo, at this dale, no change to note in the wool markot which is still characterized by the samo inactivity that has existed for tho last three months. There are faint Indications of an improvement in fine American fleeces, which will bo wanted for spring fubrics. Manufacturers are beginning to make iuquirics, and some are looking about with an evident intention of purchasing at an early day, yet, we havo to inform ourconsign-ors that no sales have been mado with us since our last. Forty-fivo cents was offoretl and refused, for a large quantity of Saxony and Morino lloeces, owned by a party in this city. Wo do not look for any great moToment in wools beforo February next, when, should there be a prospect of any considerable de mand for goods, wools will doubtless command very fair prices for it is well understood that the stock of domeutio wools, last fall, would havo been insufficient to supply the machinery then in active operation. In consequence of tho general suspension, which has taken place among tho woolen mills, thoro are now no fears of a short supply but tho fact that wool is in tho hands of parties who arc able to hold, and aro disposed to mako the best possible sales, will tend to countoract, in part, other unfavorable circum stances affecting tho trade. Large concessions, however, are mado, when cash purchasers can be found. Respectfully, &c, GOODALE & CO. TnE Slave asp Coolik Trapes. Advices from Havana state that tho African Slave Trado was never moro flourishing. Four car goes of negroes havo been landed on the Is land within ten days. T hey numbered ten thousand four hundred unfortunates, and three of the vessels which brought them were built and are, it is thought, owned in Massachusetts, The French had placed a largo steam propeller in tho coolie trado, and landed from her eight hundred and forty-two Chinese, who were sold by first hands to others. and by them to sub-contractors, for labor, re alizing a prolit loreacn party, r.ach speculator made about $180 profit por head, and the full price for a Chinaman (with hair uncut) was Jli:u,Yo. i iio authorities in the differ ent ports of entry openly connivod at the trafllc. 03" Tho Philadelphia Fennsylvanian of Dec. 15th, has a long article bitterly assailing Judge Douglas, closing as follows : The Judgo has changed his position, and now talks of an enabling act to authorize the people to do just what the Kanpas-Ncbraska bill Was passed to confer upon them tho right to manage their own matters in their own way. Where Hale and Fessenaen and Chase stod in 1854, in their opposition to the Kansas-Kelra&a bill, Judge Douglas stands now, and attempts to sustain himself by the same arguments they used then. 03r The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing on the 15th, says: Several of the leading Republican Members of Congress had a long and confidential interview last night with Senator Douglass at his house. The conferenro is understood to have related to the affuirs of Kansas, and to have been highly satisfactory to all concerned. Sharp Practice is Uscbt. Money Lender " You want a hundred dollars ! Here's the money ; I charge five per cent a month, and asayou want it for a year, that leaves just forty dollars coming to you." Innocent Borrower" Then il I wanted it for two years, there'd bo something coming to yon, th ?" 03" " When a woman," says .Mrs. Partington, " has once married with a congealing heart, and one that beats responsible to her own, she will never want to enter the maritime state again.'' 05" Levity is oftew less foolish, and gravity kits wise, than each of them appear. 04T A noblo heart, like the sun, shows its brightest countenance in its lowest estate. THE SAltU.i I II DAY. If Christians were what they profess to lie; if real sincorlty and consistency characterized thoir naming the name of Christ; if the love of uod, concern for thoir sou Is. desire for heaven and tho other pure nnd holy principles of his religion were truly cherished as becomes his uiHcipies wnat a umercnt aspect would the world present ! Not tho most thoiough de- voiee oi woridiy wealtn ana Honor ; not the most fascina'.cd of the disciples of worldly pleasure, not evon ho who seeks gratification in tne improvement and exorciso of the ennobling properties which his nature derives from its intellectual endowments, would be so engaged, so cordially interested, and ho hannv. us tho disciplo of Christ, in the cherishing of uio oiiccuons and mo aiKcunrgo or tho obliga-tions of his Christian profession. It would bo seen that it is with eternity lie is mainly concerned, and for his soul that he chiefly cares and laliors; that God is his hope and ior. and that in heaven is deposited the troasuro of his warmest and deepest affections. The Lord blessed m "th day and hilhvied it, is the record ofa celestial ordinance which ho would not dure & which ho would Lave no inclination, to violate; but which it would ever be his happiness and dolight to honor. Keglcct not the assembling of yourselves together, is an apostolic in-junction to which ho would gladly listen, and gladly yield compliance. Wheresoever two or three are gathered tegrther in nig namethere am I in the midst of tlum, is a great and precious promise humble confidence in which, practically acted on, would administer to his soul tho purest joy and gladness. Go, worldling, he would say, find your wealth. Go. ambition's devotee, and reap your honor. Uo, son of pleasure, and revel in vour cniovment. Go, sluggard, and take your case. I go to meet my c-avwur : l our wealth will soon profit you nothing: Your honor will soon show how unequal it is to your true happiness: Your pleasure will soon be arrested forever: Your lost timo will rise up in judg ment against you. Ho whom I seek will nev er fail mo: llo will bo my unending portion; in this lire my best and faithful friend ; in the life to come, my everlasting Saviour. Ivllliounires. What constitutes a fortuno ? With us n man who possesses a capital of 8100.01 J is honored with tho brevet title of "Millionaire :" In England there aro hundreds upon hundreds of private gentlemen, each with $100,. 000 per annum, who aro rather looked down upon, as only indifferently well off, by magnates, with half a county as their territory, and revenue of a principality for their income. Wo do not allude to such men as tho Marquis of Westminister, with $2,000,000 ayvar or the Dukes of Bucelugh, Portland, Devonshire, of Sutherland, each of whom is nearly as wealthy. The curious thing is, how little tho wealth of the British middle classes is made matter of ostentation. Tho othor day, Mr. Muntz, who had been Member of Parliament, went to his long home. He had been patentee of an improved method of making copper sheath ing for ships ; and believed to bo wealthy. -rl!' ;.. . . ins manner oi living, piaio, wnu ail comiorts, novor indicated vast wealth. His will Was proved a fortnight ago, and the mere personality, which is wholly irrespective of his land estates, amounted to $3,000,000. lie left $500,000 and use of his furniture to his widow, $120,000 to each of his four sons in New Zealand; $100,000 to his daughlor: $0,000 to his brother (tho executor.) and all the rest according to the law and fashion of English primogeniture to his eldest son. liad so wealthy a man passed away from us, ho would havo been duly advertised. In England, a few lines, without any gloryfycation, announce how his property was disposed of. There is no surprise whatevor at a tradesman's having realised, in addition to his othor woalth, tho sum of $3,000,000 ofpeisonal property In England the least ostentation in displayed by tho wealthiest. Some years ogo, a friend of ours dined at a private house in Manchester, tho Cottonopolis of England; and among the half dozen of whom tho company wcro composed our friend, a man of letters, and thorcfore poor, being tho best dressed of tho lot one owned five millions sterling: two had throe millions each; a fourth had two millions; and tho host, comparatively poor among such millionaires, was worth shout one million. Here were 21.000,000, or $70.- 000,000 owned by five men, plain spoken, plain mannered, and plainly attired. 1'hila. l'ress. The N. Y. Evening Post, speaking cf tho removal of McKeon, in Xew York, for oppo sing Wood, says : " If tho reason assigned fur the removal of Mr. McKeon, be tho correct ono, it is certainly calculated to shako the confidence of tho most confiding in Mr. Buchanan's patriotism, and we may add, in his good sense, for no Presi dent in his senses, one would suppose, would deliberately undertake to carry Wood upon his shoulders since his defeat. Such a burden would have broken down the adminis tration of General Washington. If Louis Napoleon has ever attempted a more direct or shameless interference with tho elective fran chise than this, the evidence of it has not yet transpireu, so tar 03 we Know." OiT I learn from a private letter, received in this city that tho cattle which were taken on tho l'Jlh (ctobcr by tho Mormons, comprised thoso belonging to the contractors trains which were burned previously, and averaged two hundred and seventy in each train making an aggregate of eight hundred and ten head. Besids these thoro were ono hundred and twenty head of beef cattle which had been purchased on Green Rivor for tho troops. Those cattle en only thrco miles behind the military cotnmtad when thoy were run off. There wcro only seven men in charre of them. Washington Cor. JV. Y. Times. 05" They aro having a timo at MansHeld as we co by tho ll-i-alu of that place. A married man planned an olopemont with a beautiful girl, and tho twain met at the ap pointed place, wncn thcnulier ol the girl mado his appearance. The girl war. sent bom?, and the father taking the married Lothario by the collar, led him into tho presence of tho deser ter! wire, who pitched into ,im " tooth and nail," her tongue at the camo thro impressing the lesson. " I'll show yon, old hatf, that you are bound to me by matrimonial tic.i. I'll leirn yea a lesson that vou will remember to the Judgment day." "fh-j old chap wa3 laid up by the beating his wife gave hiu. Betiiaxt Comkok. The scttiag on fire ofi the Collcgo Buildings is attributed to two or three of the Student, rectntty undor discipline. An Irishman is also auAprcted. Tho loss including building, libraries and apparatus is estimated at $125,000. Insurance $50,000. The college exercises will go on In temporary building. . (iOV. WALKKIl'H LfcTlEJl. . : Washington Citv, Dec. 17. The following is the letter of Robert J, Walkor, resigning the office of Governor of Kansas : , Wahiiihoton Citt, Dee. 15, 1857, Han. Lewis Cass, Seeretarg of State, Washington City t '' Sir : I resign the office of Governor of the Territory of Kayisas. I have been most reluctantly forced to this conclusion alter anxious and careful consideration of my duty to tho country, to the people of Kansas, to the President of the U. 8., and to myself. The grounds assumed by the President in his late messago to Congress, and in recent instructions in connection with the events now transpiring here and in Kansas, admonish me that, as Governor of that Territory, it will no longer be in my power to preserve pence or promote tho public welfare. At the earnest solicitation of tho President, after repeated refusals, the last being iir writing. 1 finally ac cepted this office upon his letter showing the dangers and ditliculties of the Kansas ones- mm, aim me necessity oi my undertaking the task of adjiistniont. I accept, however, on the express condition that I should advocate tho submission of tho constitution to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. incse views were clearly understood by the President and nil his Cabinet; they were dis tinctly set forth in my letter of acceptance of this billet on the 20th of March last, and re- itemted in my inaugural address on the 27i,h of May hist. ith these views well known to the Presi-lent and Cabinet, and apnrnv. d bv them, f accepted tho appointment ol Governorof Kan sas. My instructions from tho President, through the Secretary of State, under duto of the 13th of March last, mistiin the regular legislature of the territory in assembling a convention to Ibrm a coi.siituiion, and they oxpress tho opinion of tho Piesident that when such a constitution shall be submitted to tho people of the territory, they must be protected in the exercise of their right voting for or against the instrument, and the fair expression of tho popular will must not be interrupted by fraud or violence. I repeat then, ' as my clear conviction, that unless the convention should submit the constitution to the vote of all tho actual resident settlers in Kansas, and the election be fairly uud justly conducted, the constitution will" lie, and ought to be, rejected by Congress. This inaugural most distinctly asserted that it was not the question of slavery, merely, which I believed to be of little practical importance then in its application to Kansas, but the entire constitution which should be suhmi'tcd to the people for ratification or rejection. After quoting from tiio President's inaugural. Gov. Walkor refers as lollows to his course as Governorof Kansas, and tho good effects : The power and responsibility being devolved exclusively upon mo by the President of using the Foderal army" in Kansas to suppress insurrection, the alternative was distinctly presented to ino by questions propounded at Topeka of arresting revolution by the slaughtor of the people, or of preventing, together with that civil war which must have extended throught the Union. My solemn assuranco was then given that the right of the people to frame thuir own government, so far as my power extended, should be maintained; but for this assurance it is a conceded fact that tho Topcka State government, then assembled in legislative session, would huve been put into immediate actual operation, and that sanguinary collision with tho Federal army, and civil war, must have ensued, extending, it is feared, throughout the Union. Indeed, the whole ides ol an inaugural address originated in tho alarming intelligence which had reached Washington City of perilous and incipient rebellion in Kansas. This insurrection was rendered still more formidable, on my reaching the Territory, by the near approach of the assembling of the revolutionary Stato legislature, and the very Humorous mass conventions by which it was sustained. In truth, I had to choose between arresting that insurrection at whatovur cost of American bloou by the Federal army, or to prevent the terrible catastrophe, as I did' by my pledges to tho peoplo oftliejxertion of all my power to obtain a lair election, by the voto of the people, for ratification or rejection. My inaugural and other addresses were therefore really in the nature of proclamatious co often issued by presidents and governors with a view to prevent, as they did in this case, civil war and in.suirection. 1 was, therefore, only performing my solemn duty when, as Uovernor ol tne l trnlory to whose people my first obligations were duo, I endeavored to se-, cure to them these results. . . Tho idea entertained by some that I should sae the Federal Constitution and the Nebras- : ka Bill overthrown and disregarded, and that playing the part of a mute in a pantomime of ruin, 1 should acqtiiesco by my silenco in such a result, especially where such acquiescence involved, as an immediate consequence, a disastrous and sanguinary civil war seems to me most preposterous. S'ot a drop of blood has; been shod by the federal troops in Kansas during my administration, but insurrection and civil war, extending, I fear, throughout the country, wero alone prevented by the course pursued by me on those occasions, nnd the whole people abandoning revolutionary violence were induced by mo to go for the first' time into a gcncr.il nnd peaceful election. , T'ficse important results constitute a sufil-. cient consolation for all the unjust assaults made upon mo on this subject. I do not un-' dcrstaii l that these tssaulta have ever received the slightest countenance from the Presi- . dent; on tho contrary, his message clearly indicates an approval of my courso tip to the present most unfortunate differenco alout the so-called Lccompton constitution. Inasmuch, however, as this differenco is upon a vital question, involving practical results and new instructions, it is certainly mueh more roi spectful tT lha rnsidetit, en my part, to resign the office of Governor, and give him an. opportunity of filling it, as is his right under' tho Constitution, with one w ho concurs witb him in his ptcsoftt opinion. 1 To Uxlo-! Lovebs. We elip the following' from the New Orleans Picayune of Dec. Otb " lrenly-f;ve Dollars JSdcanl Ran away from my plantation, on Tuesday night, tho 27th inst, tho slava ClIAHLES. Crwrlca is-about forty years old; ic a very light mnlalto; ' has reddish hair and whislcore, is freckled, and might at first sight pass for a white (nan speaksEiiglwh andFreneh; has good eddies V I will pay the above reward for his arrest aai detention in anv Jail in the Plate. . tEO. K. TATNE. " Bt. Charles Cotrrtoouse Post Office." ; ( fjT Senator tcnlon may he seen rdln down the Avenue on horseWk every pleasant afternoon, having devoted his morning t literary labors. He confidently exports trr finish Whef hit Views" down to the Piere vlministrstion. totto fcl ..